A Dog Like Jack

I thought I was being pretty clever throwing a few story books in the library bag. "I'll entice David with books full of pictures of dogs and get to read fiction instead of a book on hurricanes." Big mistake. The last three pages of "A Dog Like Jack" show a dead Jack in the animal clinic, Jack being buried in a hole in the ground, and a little boy who doesn't want another dog because there won't ever be a dog like Jack. I will get better at skimming books before reading them aloud at bedtime. I pretty much felt like doo doo seeing tears come out of David's eyes and hearing him say, "I don't want Scout to die." I mean, who sends their kid to bed that way? They should put those kinds of books in their own section. I'll happily read about atmospheric pressure and trade winds tomorrow.